The Spring Street bridge is ready for paving. That's the word from Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. Mehaffie told Bluffton council on Nov. 8 that the once the paving is completed the guard rails will be installed and the bridge will then be open to vehicular traffic.
Steve Chamberlain, village solicitor, told council that the annexation hearing for the South Dixie Highway area is on the Allen County Commissioners' calendar. The hearing is at 10 a.m., Jan. 11, in the commissioners' office.
First National Bank of Pandora has installed ATM machines at the University of Findlay's Koehler Center and on the main campus at Bluffton Hospital.
The Bluffton machine can be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week in the hospital cafeteria in Bluffton. The University of Findlay ATM is available for use during the Koehler Center's normal operating hours, typically 6 a.m. to 11p.m.
Bluffton Hospital has been named one of only 36 inpatient hospitals in the United States to receive the 2010 Press Ganey Summit Award. This is the second consecutive year Bluffton Hospital has received this honor.
The Press Ganey Summit Award is given to health care facilities that sustain the highest level of customer satisfaction for three or more consecutive years.
According to Press Ganey Associates, Inc., Bluffton Hospital has ranked in the 99th percentile nationally for inpatient satisfaction for more than four consecutive years.
As you know, after the Blaze of Lights this fall, another big event is coming up. The 150 years of progress, Bluffton's sesquicentennial, will be held June 24 to July 2, 2011.
At the current time we need people to contact Terry Mullenhour and volunteer to design and embroidery a quilt square. She has the squares available and the information for the sesquicentennial quilt.
